List of Famous people with last name Ritola

Ville Ritola

First Name Ville

Last Name Ritola

Born on January 18, 1896

Died on April 24, 1982 (aged 86)

Born in Southern Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki

Height 175 cm | 5'9

Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He holds the record of winning most athletics medals at a single Games – four golds and two silvers in Paris 1924 - and ranks second in terms of most athletics gold medals at a single Games.

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